How to Make A Cold Carrot Salad in the Instant Pot

Good day friends!~ It’s still hot and steamy here in the south and I am not seeing an end in sight.  Today I am sharing a vibrant, tasty, and easy cold carrot salad in the Instant Pot. Took me about 15 minutes from start to finish to make this cold carrot salad. The carrots were of course done in the Instant Pot. For this recipe, you will need baby carrots, about 2 lbs. or more depending on how much you want to make, cilantro, garlic, white balsamic vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, oregano salt, and pepper to taste.

By the way, this is a totally a WEIGHT WATCHERS-friendly summer salad! Double yay. I didn’t calculate the little bit of olive oil or balsamic vinegar, but if I had to guess, this may be a 1 point salad:)

Let’s Get Started Making Carrot Salad in the Instant Pot

If you do not own a steamer basket that fits in your Instant Pot, I highly recommend one. I use mine often and they are easy to clean and come in handy often.

I added 2.5 lbs. of baby carrots to the steamer basket. Of course, you always need to add a cup of water to your Instant Pot in order for it to build pressure. With the 1 cup of water, I also added a pinch of sugar to infuse the carrots with a little sweetness. I did not add sugar on top of them because I wanted this cold carrot salad to be as healthy as possible.

I don’t know about you, but after a while, in the summertime, I get tired of the same ole potato and macaroni salads. The mayonnaise is worrisome for outdoor parties to keep the salad out too long, and plus it’s just super high in calories altogether.

My cold carrot salad could be kept outdoors, and no worries about too many high calories. It was quite healthy yet a flavor bomb of a salad.

It looked quite pretty to serve. I used my Spurtles not only when making the salad, but serving it as well.

I hope you give this cold carrot salad a try for your next outing. You won’t be disappointed. If you are looking for more Weight Watcher friendly meals made in the Instant Pot, you can find those HERE

Cold Carrot Salad in the Instant Pot

Carrot salad made in the Instant Pot

Debbie

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Course Salad

Cuisine American

Ingredients

  

• 2-3 lbs. Baby carrots
• 1 cup White Balsamic vinegar
• 1 tbsp chopped cilantro
• 2 cloves crushed garlic ( may use minced garlic)
• 2 teaspoons oregano
• sea salt and pepper to taste
• sugar
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

Instructions

 

• Add 1 cup of water to your Pressure Cooker and just a pinch of sugar
• If you have a steamer basket, next place carrots in the steamer basket. If you do not, it's fine, just add carrots to the pot on top of water you added.
• Place pressure lid on pot. Set pot to high pressure, manual for 3 minutes.
• Quick release and remove carrots from pot. Run the carrots under cold water until they are no longer warm. You don't want them warm before you do the next step. You may just let them naturally cool as well if you are not in a hurry.
• Next. Add all the above ingredients, one by one starting with the extra virgin olive oil. Lightly toss and refrigerate for one hour before serving. You may want to add in extra something to your own taste. Example, more cilantro, balsamic, garlic, etc. That is up to you. ENJOY!

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